July 23, 1862
J.D. Ensign, Secretary, Ashland County Military Committee, Jefferson, Ashtabula County, Ohio. To Governor David Tod. Letter requesting an extension of the time of Captain William S. Crowell for 30 days from the time of expiration; and stating that Crowell and Lieutenants Tourgee and Spaulding were doing well and if their success continued, they would raise a hundred men in the time, that their other recruiting officers were succeeding as well as could be expected, that they would be in a better situation if towns like Cleveland did not offer bounties, that in a rural district, this could not be done, but their men responded as well as they had reason to expect, that it would help if Tod could offer a bounty of $25 or $50 for every recruit, that they were working earnestly and hoped to furnish their quota in the time allowed, and that General [John] Pope's orders were helping and the people liked their vigorous tone.
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July 23, 1862
Israel Garrard, Cincinnati, Hamilton County, Ohio. To Adjutant General [Charles W.] Hill. Letter inquiring as to his application for a battalion of light cavalry.
1 p. [Series 147-43: 146]
July 23, 1862
Newton S. Haller, Mount Vernon, Knox County, Ohio. To Governor David Tod. Letter requesting a commission as 2nd Lieutenant.
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July 23, 1862
Harvey W. Harrison, Postmaster, Butternut Ridge, Seneca County, Ohio. To the Governor of Ohio. Letter stating that there were a good many young and middle aged men who were willing to enlist provided he and others could be clothed with authority to raise a company of infantry, and that there were several recruiting officers sent there who were overbearing in appearance, which made it disgusting to many.
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July 23, 1862
W.B. Hubbard, Columbus, Franklin County, Ohio. To Governor David Tod. Letter written on behalf of Reverend R.H. Sedgewick of Zanesville, Ohio, who was an applicant for the post of Chaplain in the army.
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July 23, 1862
J[ames] Knapp, Captain, and Thomas W. Stephenson, 1st Lieutenant, Sidney, Shelby County, Ohio. To Adjutant General Charles W. Hill. Letter accepting the offices of Captain and 1st Lieutenant of a company to be raised in Shelby County for the 99th Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry.
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July 23, 1862
S.S. Laskey, Gilead, Wood County, Ohio. To Adjutant General C[harles] W. Hill. Letter stating that he received a communication from Hill saying that he had been complained of for trying to get recruits in Henry County, that he had no authority for recruiting men nor had he been in Henry County for two months, and that he thought he would induce a few men to come over into Wood County and enlist.
1 p. [Series 147-43: 149]
July 23, 1862
M[ortimer] D. Leggett, Colonel, 78th Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry, Commanding Brigade, Headquarters, U.S. Forces, Grand Junction. To Governor David Tod. Letter recommending Lieutenant Colonel Robert K. Scott of the 68th Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry for promotion to the Colonelcy.
1 p. [Series 147-43: 95]
July 23, 1862
George W. McNeel, Summit County Military Committee, Akron, Summit County, Ohio. To Adjutant General [Charles W.] Hill. Letter certifying that the bearer was Henry E. Bryan, nominated to a 2nd Lieutenancy by the Summit County Military Committee, and that Bryan was the bearer of the nominations for Captains made by the committee for their two companies.
1 p. [Series 147-43: 60]
July 23, 1862
Charles Mains, Cumberland, Maryland. To Governor David Tod. Letter requesting the position of Major in one of the new regiments now being raised in Ohio.
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July 23, 1862
Charles Mueller, New Philadelphia, Tuscarawas County, Ohio. To the Adjutant General of Ohio. Letter asking if a resigned officer could, under the new rule, hold a commission provided he succeeded in raising the requisite number of men. Bears a pencilled note stating that by an army order, resigned officers were not eligible for re-appointment, that the War Department would not restore to eligibility or the Governor re-appoint unless good cause was shown, and that the general rule was against the policy of re-appointments, but upon a proper showing, applications to be restored would be considered.
1 p. [Series 147-43: 56]
July 23, 1862
James Murray, Sidney, Shelby County, Ohio. To Governor David Tod. Letter regarding an appointment for Captain Thomas L. Young of Sidney to a field office in one of the new regiments.
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July 23, 1862
B.F. Peixotto, Cleveland, Cuyahoga County, Ohio. To Governor David Tod. Letter stating that C.E. Rhodes, with scarcely any consultation, was chosen by Captain Philpot as 2nd Lieutenant of his company, and that Rhodes was dissatisfied with the choice as he found Philpot and his 1st Lieutenant even more deficient in military knowledge and experience than himself.
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July 23, 1862
H.P. Platt, Toledo, Lucas County, Ohio. To Adjutant General Charles W. Hill. Letter sending papers of William L. Watson, including a certificate of disability and his discharge.
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July 23, 1862
J.H. Pricer, Greenfield, Highland County, Ohio. To Adjutant General Charles W. Hill. Letter asking whether he was included among the number that Hill's order referred to concerning paroled prisoners; and stating that he had been a member of Company H, 27th Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry, that he was sick and left in hospital at Kansas City, Missouri when the regiment was ordered to Springfield, Missouri, that when he got well enough for duty, he and about one hundred others were ordered to report to their regiment, that when about 25 miles from Kansas City, they were taken prisoners and released on parole, that they were sent to St. Louis and from there went to Sedalia, Missouri where they joined the regiment, that they were then sent to St. Louis and mustered out of the service, and that he did not wish to be mustered out and would like to again join the same company and regiment.
2 pp. [Series 147-43: 54]
July 23, 1862
George Rigler, Mt. Vernon, Knox County, Ohio. To Governor David Tod. Letter applying for a commission as 1st Lieutenant or 2nd Lieutenant in one of the companies to be furnished by Knox County.
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July 23, 1862
J.P. Robison, Cleveland, Cuyahoga County, Ohio. To Governor David Tod. Letter stating that Lloyd Fisher of the 41st Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry had been waiting a long time for his commission as 2nd Lieutenant, and that it was hoped Fisher would get what he deserved.
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July 23, 1862
A.C. Ross, Zanesville, Muskingum County, Ohio. To Governor David Tod. Letter regarding nominations for officers in the 97th Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry.
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July 23, 1862
Jackson Slane, Cincinnati, Hamilton County, Ohio. To Governor David Tod. Letter stating that in overlooking his claims as an applicant for the position of Regimental Quartermaster, Tod had done him an injustice, that given the course of the several military committees composing that district, it would be madness for him to put his claims before them for the position, and that the applicant having the best "log rolling" friends on a committee succeeded without regard to fitness.
2 pp. [Series 147-43: 231]
July 23, 1862
R.W. Taylor, Office of the Auditor of State, Columbus, Franklin County, Ohio. To the Governor of Ohio. Letter recommending William C. Wick for a position in Colonel Hall's new regiment.
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July 23, 1862
D.P. Thruston, Adjutant, 93rd Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry, Dayton, Montgomery County, Ohio. To Adjutant General Charles W. Hill. Letter accepting the appointment of Adjutant of the 93rd Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry; and conveying his thanks.
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July 23, 1862
William H. Trimble, Colonel, 60th Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry (one year's service), Columbus, Franklin County, Ohio. To Adjutant General Charles W. Hill. Letter recommending various appointments to fill vacancies in the 60th Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry (one year's service); and listing the letters and officers of the companies in the 60th Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry (one year's service).
2 pp. [Series 147-43: 83]
July 23, 1862
H[oratio] P. Van Cleve, Brigadier General, Commanding 14th Brigade, 5th Division, Army of the Ohio, Camp at Battle Creek, Tennessee. To Adjutant General [Charles W.] Hill. Letter inviting the attention of the Governor of Ohio to the present condition of the 13th Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry now in the 14th Brigade; and stating that the 13th Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry was one of the best regiments in the volunteer service, but its efficiency was sadly impaired from the want of both field and line officers, that individuals had been recommended to fill vacancies, but the appointments had not yet been made, and that this might appear to the Governor as a matter of small moment, but those in the field knew that it was of the utmost importance that a regiment should have its complement of officers.
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July 23, 1862
Lawrence Waldo. Cincinnati, Hamilton County, Ohio. To Adjutant General C[harles] W. Hill. Letter accepting the appointment as Adjutant of the 83rd Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry.
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July 23, 1862
William L. Walker, Attorney at Law, Kenton, Hardin County, Ohio. To Governor David Tod. Letter recommending the promotion of Luther Furney, Captain, Company D, 34th Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry to the position of Major.
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July 23, 1862
Gustav C.E. Weber, Surgeon General of Ohio, Headquarters, Ohio Volunteer Militia, Surgeon General's Office, Columbus, Franklin County, Ohio. To Adjutant General Charles W. Hill. Letter listing various individuals recommended by the Governor for appointment as Assistant Surgeons.
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July 23, 1862
Gustav C.E. Weber, Surgeon General of Ohio, Headquarters, Ohio Volunteer Militia, Surgeon General's Office, Columbus, Franklin County, Ohio. To Adjutant General Charles W. Hill. Letter listing various individuals who had been appointed Assistant Surgeons.
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July 23, 1862
Benjamin T. Wright, Lieutenant Colonel Commanding, 22nd Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry, Headquarters, near Corinth, Mississippi. To the Adjutant General of Ohio. Letter enclosing two letters addressed to the 22nd Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry, Athens, Alabama, which did not belong to his command; and stating that letters and official communications might go to the wrong command if there were two regiments with the same number, and that if anyone had usurped the number by which they were called or if it had been given to anyone else through an error, it should be corrected.
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July 23, 1862
Alfred Yaple, Attorney at Law, Chillicothe, Ross County, Ohio. To the Adjutant General of Ohio. Letter regarding the case of Robert Lewis Graves who volunteered as a Private in the 13th Missouri Regiment, now the 22nd Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry.
1 p. [Series 147-43: 138]
July 23, 1862
E.S. Young, Secretary, Military Committee of Montgomery County, Dayton, Montgomery County, Ohio. To Adjutant General [Charles W.] Hill. Letter asking if they could prevent Indiana officers from recruiting at Dayton, and that if so, how; and stating that one Indiana officer at Dayton offered $20 bounty more than their men could now pay. Bears a pencilled note stating that they could prevent Indiana officers from recruiting at Dayton, that they could accomplish this by doing better by their own citizens than the Indiana officers could and by holding out better associations, and that as their community was responsible for a certain number of men, public opinion should stop the "raid of the Hoosier invaders".
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